PolitiFact: Scott Walker misleads on holding line on taxes as Milwaukee County executive

Gov. Scott Walker is urging lawmakers to overhaul the state's health insurance program for its workers. Here Walker speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., in February.(Photo: Associated Press)

Preparing for an all-but-certain reelection run, and perhaps burnishing his credentials for a second run for president, Gov. Scott Walker touts not only his accomplishments in Madison but in his previous job, as well.

The other day, he said that when he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."